Adrienne Leigh - Business Intermediary

Adrienne Leigh was our guest speaker this week and she brought us lots to think about - especially if you are a small business owner.

Adrienne works with business owners to plan their exit strategy...so that when they do decide on the sale of their business is a planned event and not a necessity.

With over 25 years as a business owner and an experienced entrepreneur Adrienne brings experience and hands-on knowedge to her work - along with an M.B.A. from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at U.C.L.A. and a Masters in Spiritual Psycology from the Univeristy of Santa Monica.

She is personable and is available to discuss how a business owner should begin planning an exit strategy...before they need to have one! You can find out more at www.murphybusiness.com

Guests, Visitors and Other Good News

Evelyn Hoyer introduced us to her brother Allen Okunny who was her guest. Allen had been in the retail industry with Nordstrom for a number of years. He is looking or opportunites to start his own business. Welcome Allen! Please come again.

We had a lot of Happy Dollars this week - since Tuesday was the first day in some time where coats and gloves were not needed. Amazing what a little warmer weather can do for the attitude!

See you Saturday, 6:30 PM, at Pier 61 - Murphy Road between the Southwest Freeway and Airport.

The Rotary Emergency Disaster Initiative

The 4th Conference & Workshop will be held on Feb 5-6, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Houston, hosted by District 5890.  Are you prepared for the next Hurricane, Tornado, Flood, Wildfire?  Or what about assisting with earthquake relief?

A number of qualified speakers from around the world will be speaking.  You will learn disaster operation programs, training, human skill sets, standard protocols and best practices guidelines.

Conference & Workshop Registration fee: $195.00  To register and pay, click on REDI On-Line Registration For further information, including hotel reservations (should you need them) CLICK HERE

Annual Wine Tasting Dinner & Silent Auction

February 20 - Dinner and Silent Auction, 6:30 PM at the Hilton Houston Southwest
This is our big fund raising event for the year and it needs to be successful to enable the club to fulfill many of the service projects planned for the coming months. All members should try to find items for the auction...small, medium or large...just something that people would like to bid on and own. All information on the items for the auction needs to be given to Ken Burgess by our meeting on Tuesday, February 16th. Click here to download the item info form. Click here to make reservations.

District 5890 Conference April 22-24

The District Conference will be held April 22 to 24th, at the Hyatt Regency in Downtown Houston. Come see all the activities of District 5890.  District 5890 is alive and vibrant.  See how to make your club grow and maintain membership.  Learn why the Rotary Foundation is important to your Club, District 5890 and the World as a whole.  CLICK HERE for information and to register for the conference and the hotel.

Coming Up At Rotary